This standard is maintained by XBRL International, an international non-profit consortium of approximately 450 major companies, organizations, and government agencies around the world. It is an open standard, provided free of license fees, and is already being used in numerous countries.
Combined with âstep-upâ authentication, context-based authentication optimizes a layered approach to access security by assessing user login attributes and matching them against pre-defined security policies. When security policies are met, users are granted immediate access.
Authentication is a vital part of a networkâs security scheme, as it is the mechanism for ensuring that the identity of a user, computer, or service is valid. There are a number of ways that authentication can be accomplished, depending on network operating system and connection type.